Strap-fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT Gr. MCWHIRT, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

STRAP-FASTENER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,674, dated May 10, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. McWHIRT, of' Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved mode of fastening the ends of leather straps and other substances of similar character without the use of buckles, or sewing, or knots; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specication, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are perspective and side views; Fig. 3, an edge View; Figs. 4 and 5, end views; Fig. 6, letter D, which can be used instead of a ring; and Fig. 7, the ring which the strap can be attached to.

To enable others to make and use my in- Yention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I pass the end so to be fastened of the strap through the band (Fig. 1) from the end opposite to the bar (Fig. 5) end, bring it out at the other end, (Fig. 4,) pass it aroundlthe bar and in through the band gain (Fig. l) so as to project a short distance from the band, then pass both ends of the strap through the ring (Fig. 7) or letter D, (Fig. 6,) to which the strap is to be fastened, the short end of the strap being under the long end, (Fig. 3,) then pass the long end again through the band, (1,) drawing it down tight, so as to bind the short end tightly to the ring (7) or letter D (6).

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A band or double loop with a bar, which I use for fastening one end of a strap without sticking, buckles or knots, as described in specification herewith filed, and is described as follows: A iiattened metallic bar or double loop, the sides perpendicular to the top and bottom, the Width to be equal to the width of the strap to be used, and about three times its thickness, the narrowest sides projecting beyond one end to receive and support a bar around which the strap passes.

ALBERT G. MCWHIRT.

Witnesses:

JN0. O. STEWART, A. S. ANDREWS. 

